[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—To my regret, my Spectator of the 20th did not reach my hand until the 24th. I was deeply interested in the relation of " Martin's " affection for the persons of the household, and not so much for the house. It happened that on the previous day, the 23rd, I had become acquainted with some facts concerning a fine cat, "Tabby," which do not point in the direction of " Martin's " conduct. In the city of — (never mind where), there is a large hospital of -wooden erections, pavilions. These are being replaced by permanent structures. To allow of these being erected, the occupiers of one ward had to remove to the -other end of the place, to a ward precisely similar, and in every respect as comfortable as the one they left. "Tabby," from its birth, had been a cherished inmate of the old ward, and had gone in and out as a kind of privileged mistress for four or five years, and had been an object of constant attention and affection from both nurses, especially from the younger woman of the two, which affection was duly and well returned by "Tabby.' But on the removal of the nurses to the other ward, " Tabby " refused to go with them. She allowed herself to be carried over, but, to the chagrin and mortification of her friends, she returned to her old abode. On hearing these facts, I went over and saw her "hanging about" her old dwelling. My friends, the nurses, hope in time to overcome " Tabby's " strange prejudice. This incident of feline experiences is set down without "note or .comment," to be placed alongside of " Martin's " history.—
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